The Man's Heart
Pairing: Pansy/Draco
Word Count: 195
Written For:
- September Event, prompt: (object) Apple
- Gringotts Prompt Bank: (proverb) "The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach.", (crack dialogue) "Do you think a House Elf could beat a Goblin in a fight?"
- Pairing the Character: Pansy/Draco
"Mother, I'm terribly bored," grumbled eleven year old Pansy Parkinson, as she watched her mother and Narcissa rolling pastry in the kitchen of the Malfoy Manor. "Draco and I were having an important discussion—do I really need to watch you making an apple pie?"
"Pansy, darling," Mrs Parkinson chuckled haughtily, looking down the length of her long nose at her daughter. "The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach. You need to learn the basics of cooking good food if you want to impress your future husband."
"Calm down," Narcissa said quickly, straining a smile. "Nothing has been finalised."
"I'm going into the lounge," Pansy muttered, rolling her eyes expressively. She wandered back through into hallway, and collided head-on with Draco.
"Oh! There you are!" he exclaimed, a smirk spreading onto his face.
"What's up?"
"I have an extremely important question to ask you."
"Go on?"
Draco cleared his throat. "Do you think a House Elf could beat a Goblin in a fight?" Pansy looked behind Draco and into the drawing room, where she could see Dobby the House Elf cleaning a pine wood table with a dirty rag.
She grinned.